Material kicking machine



Nov. 6, 1934. CLARK 1,979,530

MATERIAL KICKING MACHINE Filed 001:. 25, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 (Zharl e5 Glarfi ATTO R N EY Nov 6, 1934. LA K 1,979,530

MATERIAL KICKING MACHINE Filed Oct. 25, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 dharle/s dZarZ Q 7 BY Nov. 6, 1934. c. CLARK 1,979,530

MATERIAL KICKING MACHINE Filed Oct. 25, 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 H II altar-Zea (1200? INVENTOR ATTO R N EY Patented Nov. 6, 1934 1,559,536 MATERIAL KV'PICKING MACHINE *if f Charles yfila r k, Huntington,-W.. val assiknor of one-third to Arthur H.

W. Va.

Application octotet 25,

7 Claims.

The invention relates to a machine for mosen ing semiesolid Inat'erial, particularly coal, rock, or or other lunip material, and more especially at coal l zicker. rna'ry object of the invention is the p1 of amachine or apparatus of this charac erein coal or other lump material as c within a car, as for example of the fe ar, the machine or apparatus being of novel Wot her object of the invention is the provision Ihacliinepr apparatus or" this character, ein it is rendered mobile superposedwith n tofltraclrs upon which travelthe loaded f T i e fl q m ine r p ara us an e i11 1 3 .l s a ed it r ec l an se e ed. a! track and ih the Working thereof will k Igor osen hq adp a pa ic r car to s sur the easy di hargeor delivery of the rnaterial front the cai carjs themachine or am;

hi b iii pa ti i ilv da tab f th kickifie o damp bfal ior soft coal to assure the fluidity there-- of i i i a .U r y v no M tt r. bie h inve i n i th DIQWSidi 'i machine Z111 apparatus of this character,

whereifi the saine is of a; construction rediiii-ing" :ittiit a sh ne attendant and in the wetting is autb' mane fbi disintegrating o'r lessening of inat'ei'ial loaned ups ii a car or cars for the free unloading thereof.

A still further object of the invention is the 28 provision of a machine or apparatus of this character which is comparatively simple in construction; thoroughly reliable and eficacious in its purpose reaclily and easily handled, automatically operated and inexpensive to manufacture and t ll, or v r .7 a

with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the featuresof construction, co lo ion and arrangement of parts as.w ill be 1. er rn oreful lyl descrihed in detail illuse a i i trated in the a 'cconipanying drawings, which'dis clbsi'e the ed embodiment oi the invention, m out claims hereunto appended. ac .b anly t sjd wi gs a c Figure 1 ita side elevation of the machine or 55 apparatus related to a gondola type of car; and

this being necessary, dur

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same vet onnection for the kicker the drawings, a l a lite ferring "0 the drawings in detailjlq designate ssnri .t 'a k ra a -vl o h o d p e xapq ii n there being h Fi e. n tneilie p r. bqd i e narse 1.1 i ts ttqmi w htd ha s n trqlle d hy swinging doors 14, ,as usual, and this car s dap ed o e. a edvw 1 m s -se de oose mat rie ha @93 O eek ha t b ,unq j stp dt hat er' me be a Series of trac s lQ sigle byside, and overhead is arranged a t vki t s ei i iel n d. i h th u a e track, he r l lieft h w lhead track be Supported pqn rupt e itmfi similar: to. b idge re i n A ril lo ab e ro er the verhead t ck A is the hine. .Qr, apparat smn ti i g th e en vention including the mobile truck 17-, its traction whee slet ver in her ils 1 P thefl-verhead ra sq h t b tr qk. v v lali nme with the travel of the car 11 upon the surface 3 2 Q JI 'QQlFi a it i hl se ea t dq i e t s is an electric power motor .19 regulatedlfrom a co ifil'ql 20 and this motor includes a braking nlechanisrn (not shown) The rnotor lsl, through the chain and gear drive" and 22., respectively, operates the tract on heels-lg o f thetruck for the travel th nof-Qn thedverhead t ki 1 The truck 1'7 supports a carriage 23.; its traction wheels 24 travelingl uponlrails 25 upon the truck 17', these rails beingsqaceidailart and inparallel relation, to, each other transversely of the surface trackage' so that the carriage 23 can be moved upon the truck 17 crosswise of the surface tra ka 'e" spond i thrb u'ghout the several views in v tim h w n n tid tie-tee ti e form 27 is a manually operated endless chain 28, the same being trained over a sprocket gear 29, which through suitable gearing operates one of the axles 30 of the traction Wheels 24, the other axle 30 being operated in unison with the one having the connection with sprocket gear 29 through a chain and sprocket connection 3 1 and it will be apparent that when the chain 28 is manually operated the carriage 23 will be driven to change the position thereof upon the truck 17 to have said carriage 23 vertically align with the surface trackage, that is, a particular track of the same.

Carried by the cab 26 are the depending hangers 32 supporting a horizontally disposed driven shaft 33 and to this shaft are fixed the swinging arms 34 of the kicking mechanism. The arms have journaled therein the axle 35 of a pair of spaced rotors 36, each fitted with radially disposed cutting blades or bits 3'7 and shoveling blades or bits 38, these being at right angles to the blades or bits 37 and both series of bits are equally spaced about the circumference of the rotors 36 for service in cutting, loosening and shoveling the material as contained within the body 12 of the car 11 on the shifting of the arms 34 of said kicking mechanism, whereby the loosened material will freely flow through the discharge 13 for delivery from the car.

The shaft 33, through the sprocket chain and gear connection 39 with the axle 35, drives the rotors 36, the gear 40 of this connection 39 being loose on the shaft 33, and through the sprocket chain connection 41 with the motor 42 the said rotors 36 will be driven without any interference whatsoever with the swinging of the arms 35. The motor is regulated by a control 43 upon the platform 27 and is of the electric type.

Upon the shaft 33 is fixed a belt wheel or pulley 44 upon which is reversely wound and driven a belt or cable 45, the same being trained over suitable guide pulleys 46 upon brackets 4'7 and reversely wound upon a windlass 48, its shaft or axle 49 being supported in suitable bearings 50 upon the carriage 23. This carriage 23 carries a reversing motor 51 for driving through the gears 52 the axle or shaft 49 and said motor is regulated by the control 53 upon the platform 2'7 in the cab 26. It should be seen that when the motor 51 is operated from the control 53 the kicking mechanism can be oscillated to swing the rotors 36 as is exhibited by full and dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings to unload and load the material within the body 12 of the car for the loosening or kicking of such material, whereby it will freely flow through the discharge 13 for the unloading of the car, this being necessary during freezing weather as the material within the body 12 of said car 11 becomes solidified and it is extremely difficult and hazardous for the hand shoveling thereof. I

Fitted with the axle or shaft 49 of the windlass 48 is a braking mechanism 54, the same being controlled by a foot pedal 55 upon the platform 27 and in this manner the rotation of the shaft 49 is under positive control.

It should be apparent that the machine or apparatus can be regulated to set the same with relation to a loaded car upon the surface trackage and in the working of the apparatus the ma terial constituting the load of the car 11 can be kicked or loosened to assure the positive and free feeding of such material in the unloading of the car and discharge through the discharge opening 13 in the bottom of the body 12, thereby eliminating manual labor for this purpose.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking mechanism swingably mounted upon said cab and including cutting and shoveling bits rotatably arranged, and means for rotating the bits and swinging said mechanism.

2. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking mechanism swingably mounted upon said cab and including cutting and shoveling bits rotatably arranged, means for rotating the bits and swinging said mechanism, and power means for operating the truck.

3. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking mechanism swingably mounted upon said cab and including cutting and shoveling bits rotatably arranged, means for rotating the bits and swinging said mechanism, power means for operating the truck, and manually controlled means for operating the carriage.

4. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking upon said cab and including cutting and shoveling bits rotatably arranged, means for rotating the bits and swinging said mechanism, power means for operating the truck, manually controlled means for operating the carriage, and power means for imparting oscillatory movement to the kicking mechanism.

5. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking mechanism swingably mounted upon said cab and including cutting and. shoveling bits rotatably arranged, means for rotating the bits and swinging said mechanism, power means for operating the truck, manually controlled means for operating the carriage, power means for imparting oscillatory movement to the kicking mechanism, and means for supporting the overhead trackage.

6. The combination with sub-trackage, of overhead trackage with relation thereto, a truck movable over the overhead trackage, a carriage movable on the truck at right angles to its path of travel, a cab suspended by said carriage, material kicking mechanism swingably mounted upon said cab and including cutting and shoveling bits rotatably arranged, means for rotating the bits and swinging said. mechanism, power means for operating the truck, manually controlled means for operating the carriage, power means for imparting oscillatory movement to the kicking mechanism, means for supporting the overhead mechanism swingably mounted swinging said mechanism, power means for operating the truck, manually controlled means for operating the carriage, power means for imparting oscillatory movement to the kicking mecha-- nism, means for supporting the overhead trackage, controls in the cab for the respective power means, and brake mechanism manually controlled for regulating the speed of the power means for oscillating the kicking mechanism.

CHARLES CLARK. 

